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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 44, NWS Phoenix, AZ

August 6, 2021Pinal County, Arizona

NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 6, 2021, 6:47 PM MST for Pinal County, Arizona. It was in force for 28 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 6, 2021, 6:47 PM MST (01:47 UTC)
Expired
Aug 6, 2021, 7:15 PM MST
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Phoenix, AZ
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Pinal County, AZ

The radar

The Phoenix radar (KIWA), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Phoenix, AZ (KPSR), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 70 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Phoenix, AZ at 00:00Z on 2021-08-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1295 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Phoenix, AZ at 00:00Z on 2021-08-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -12 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1295 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-41 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2938 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
7 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-10 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

114 
WUUS55 KPSR 070147
SVRPSR
AZC021-070215-
/O.NEW.KPSR.SV.W.0044.210807T0147Z-210807T0215Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Phoenix AZ
647 PM MST Fri Aug 6 2021

The National Weather Service in Phoenix has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Pinal County in southeastern Arizona...

* Until 715 PM MST.

* At 647 PM MST, a severe thunderstorm was located 14 miles northwest
  of Chui-Chu, or 16 miles west of Casa Grande, and is nearly
  stationary.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Stanfield.

This includes the following highways...
AZ Interstate 8 between mile markers 153 and 166.
AZ Route 347 between mile markers 161 and 163.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

Large hail and damaging winds and continuous cloud to ground
lightning is occurring with this storm. Move indoors immediately.
Lightning is one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can
hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning.

&&

LAT...LON 3289 11214 3295 11192 3279 11186 3277 11189
      3276 11205 3273 11205 3272 11207 3272 11209
TIME...MOT...LOC 0147Z 257DEG 4KT 3283 11202 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

INS
2 follow-up statements
051 
WWUS55 KPSR 070200
SVSPSR

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Phoenix AZ
700 PM MST Fri Aug 6 2021

AZC021-070215-
/O.CON.KPSR.SV.W.0044.000000T0000Z-210807T0215Z/
Pinal AZ-
700 PM MST Fri Aug 6 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM MST
FOR PINAL COUNTY...

At 700 PM MST, a severe thunderstorm was located 13 miles northwest
of Chui-Chu, or 16 miles west of Casa Grande, and is nearly
stationary.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Stanfield.

This includes the following highways...
AZ Interstate 8 between mile markers 153 and 166.
AZ Route 347 between mile markers 161 and 163.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading
killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to
be struck by lightning.

&&

LAT...LON 3289 11214 3295 11192 3279 11186 3277 11189
      3276 11205 3273 11205 3272 11207 3272 11209
TIME...MOT...LOC 0200Z 257DEG 4KT 3283 11200 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

INS
049 
WWUS55 KPSR 070212
SVSPSR

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Phoenix AZ
712 PM MST Fri Aug 6 2021

AZC021-070221-
/O.EXP.KPSR.SV.W.0044.000000T0000Z-210807T0215Z/
Pinal AZ-
712 PM MST Fri Aug 6 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR PINAL COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
715 PM MST...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.

To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
Phoenix.

LAT...LON 3289 11214 3295 11192 3279 11186 3277 11189
      3276 11205 3273 11205 3272 11207 3272 11209
TIME...MOT...LOC 0211Z 257DEG 4KT 3283 11199 

$$

INS

The office that day

Everything else NWS Phoenix, AZ issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 6, 5:48 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSR27 min
Aug 6, 6:40 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSR35 min
Aug 6, 6:43 PM MSTDust Storm AdvisoryPSRPinal50 min
Aug 6, 6:56 PM MSTDust Storm AdvisoryPSRMaricopa, Pinal64 min
Aug 6, 6:58 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSR32 min
Aug 6, 7:54 PM MSTDust Storm AdvisoryPSRPinal66 min

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.